Wake County Newswire (Page 8)

... I believe this exposure would support my reputation and ability to be fair, impartial, and effective. As a Wake County District Court Judge, I have been scored pursuant to the NC Bar Judicial Performance Evaluation. This evaluation allowed for ...
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... need the public to understand this relationship and results of their decision to abandon the Lake Jordon rules. Wake County's growth has been rapid and promises to continue into the coming decades. What have been the county's successes in managing ...
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... I fought "too hard" to get an innocent, court-appointed client released from her unlawful imprisonment in the Wake County Jail. I succeeded in getting her released but the judge was so annoyed with me for getting my client out of jail that he ...
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... Carolina were still powerless by 5 p.m. Sunday, according to the company's website, including more than 83,000 Wake County customers. Electric cooperatives reported about 198,000 outages Sunday afternoon. More than 4,200 people sought refuge in 83 ...
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... Library fall book sale benefit event at the Durham Main Library downtown. DURHAM -- Karen Kahoussi lives in Wake County, but each year, she marks her calendar for a landmark Durham event, one of the Friends of the Durham Library's two annual book ...
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Among the almost half million North Carolina customers without power Sunday night, the Wake County community of Wendell was one of the hardest hit. A transformer serving the town blew Saturday during Hurricane Matthew, and early every home and business remained in the dark 24 hours later.
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... voting booths "in certain areas" on Election day are certainly both problematic and dangerous. North Carolina's Wake County Republican Party chair, Charles Hellwig fed into the Trump hysteria over voter fraud this election and sent out a letter to ...
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... voters with "a little good old-fashioned 'southern hospitality' (AKA vigilante justice) at the polls." Within Wake County is Raleigh -- the state capital. North Carolina continues to grow economically as well as diversify. Black Americans accounted ...
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... and charged with a warrant written in Mecklenburg County on Aug. 5 for shoplifting and a warrant written in Wake County on Sept. 8 for larceny. He was being held at the Durham County jail in lieu of $1,500 bond. - Four 12-packs of beer valued at $60 ...
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Richard L. Clark, 38, was arrested Thursday at the intersection of Pettigrew Street and Blackwell Street and charged with a warrant written in Mecklenburg County on Aug. 5 for shoplifting and a warrant written in Wake County on Sept. 8 for larceny.
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A Wake County GOP official sent a frantic email to supporters looking for poll observers to "prepare for the onslaught of illegal activity" in November. Today, a Wake County Commissioner called his bluff by asking him to show proof of voter fraud.
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... Distributing moved to a newly renovated facility, which includes one of the largest private solar rooftops in Wake County and bio-retention ponds to minimize on-site water consumption. The tour of Mims' facility and following networking event will ...
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- The Wake County Public School System on Wednesday named A.B Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School Principal Muriel Summers as the 2016-2017 Principal of the Year. District officials said Summers has been principal of Combs Magnet Elementary for ...
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Last week, we made a public records request aimed at shedding some light on the relationship between the Wake County Sheriff's Office and Wake County Public Schools on the issue of bathroom access for transgender students. We got the results of those records yesterday, as well as a letter from Sheriff Donnie Harrison detailing his thinking on the issue.
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... I am going to catch this goddamn bus. It's late August, the first day of a week I'm spending using only Wake County's public transportation system to get around, to see what it's like to have to depend on a system that riders, bureaucrats, and ...
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But after a series of news reports in which Harrison did everything from comparing a transgender student to a child with head lice to identifying the school that drew his ire by not informing parents that their children were using the same facilities as transgender students, Wake County school board chairman Tom Benton is "disturbed." "The part of it that disturbs me the most is that he identified the school," Benton says, adding that doing so "has led to the possible identification of students whose confidentiality is protected by law and protected ethically.
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... in highly populated areas where sex offenders are hard to avoid. Lisa Luten, director of communications for the Wake County Public School System, uses her own home as an example. She is surrounded by apartment complexes and says the nearest school ...
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... to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. )--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AAA' rating to the following Wake County, NC general obligation bonds (GOs): --$190 million general obligation refunding bonds, series 2016.... )--PathMaker Neurosystems, ...
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